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''Ascent of Mount Carmel'' ((スペイン語:Subida del Monte Carmelo)) is a 16th-century spiritual treatise by Spanish Catholic mystic and poet Saint John of the Cross. The book is a systematic treatment of the ascetical life in pursuit of mystical union with Christ, giving advice and reporting on his own experience. Alongside another connected work by John, entitled ''The Dark Night'', it details the so-called ''Dark Night of the Soul'', when the individual Soul undergoes earthly and spiritual privations in search of union with God. These two works, together with John's ''The Living Flame of Love'' and the ''Spiritual Canticle'', are regarded as some of the greatest works both in Christian mysticism and in the Spanish language. Written between 1578 and 1579 in Granada, Spain, after his escape from prison, the ''Ascent'' is illustrated by a diagram of the process outlined in the text of the Soul's progress to the summit of the metaphorical Mount Carmel where God is encountered. The work is divided into three sections and is set out as a commentary on four poetic stanzas by John on the subject of the ''Dark Night''. John shows how the Soul sets out to leave all worldly ties and appetites behind to achieve ''"nothing less than transformation in God"''. ==Text of the poem== Considered to be his introductory work on mystical theology, this work begins with an allegorical poem. The rest of the text begins as a detailed explanation and interpretation of the poem, but after explaining the first five lines, John thereafter ignores the poem, and writes a straightforward treatise on the two 'active nights' of the soul. . The poem is as follows: :''In a dark night :''With longings kindled in love :''oh blessed chance :''I went forth without being observed :''My house already being at rest :''Through darkness and secure :''By the secret ladder disguised :''oh blessed chance :''Through darkness and in concealment :''My house already being at rest :''In the blessed night :''In secret that none saw me :''Nor I beheld aught :''Without any other light or guide :''Save that which was burning in the heart :''That which guided me :''More sure than the light of noonday :''Where he was awaiting me :''Him whom I knew well :''In a place where no one appeared :''Oh thou night that guided :''Oh lovely night moreso than the dawn :''Oh thou night that joined :''Lover with beloved :''Beloved in the lover transformed :''Upon my flowery breast :''Which I kept whole for himself alone :''There he stayed sleeping :''and I was caressing him, :''And the fanning of the cedars made a breeze :''The breeze from the turret :''While I was parting his locks :''With his gentle hand :''He was wounding my neck :''And causing all my senses to be suspended :''I remained myself and forgot myself :''My face reclined on the lover :''All ceased and I abandoned myself :''Leaving my concern :''forgotten among the lilies. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ascent of Mount Carmel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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